Ok you got me thinking. I used the same thing I posted before but created a one liner that as a side affect makes adict like before. [adict.__setitem__(x,adict.get(x,0)+1) for x in l]
I think it's kinda funny and ugly, ohh and not particuarly clear about what it does. Wolfram Kraus wrote: > get(key, default) is your friend here: > for i in a_list: > items_dict[i] = items_dict.get(i, 0) + 1 > > get() (and his "brother" setdefault()) are mighty dictionary-methods. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor